A climbing plant of Ceylon, Gymnema lactiferum, N.O. Asclepiadaceæ, yielding a milky juice used for food.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 213. The Cow Plant of Ceylon … yields a milk of which the Cingalese make use for food.
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot. (1860), 473.
1854. Adams, etc. Nat. Hist., 419.
